Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has a plan for how the Washington Nationals can recover from their disappointing 2015, and it starts with trading closer Jonathan Papelbon.
"First of all, they need to get rid of Papelbon," McConnell told Politico on Tuesday (h/t Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com). "Getting in fights with the most valuable player in the National League strikes me as not a team-building exercise."
Acquired in a midseason trade from the Philadelphia Phillies, Papelbon was apparently an oil-water mix with the Nationals clubhouse after his arrival.